The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

GIUN ALMANAC FOR 1865. Will be Published on Thursday. Price Twopence. rriG CLERGYMEN. OFFICERS of the NAVY and ME RCANTILE MARINE, GENTRY , an d ot, E N,S RESIDENT on the SEA COAST. The Royal National Lifeboat Inttitu.ion is prepared to establish and m aintain e Lifeboat Station on any part of t he coast of the Unite d Kingdom where it can be shown, from previous disasters, that a Lifeboat is required. It is requisite that there should be a suffic ent number of men (fisher atmsea). en, or to other s accustomed to the management of boats man the eighbb Lifeoat, and a committee up formed from the residen s in be n ourhood to ser i n t e nd the Station and obtain such small Annual Subscriptions as may contribute towards a portion of the expense. Communications may be addressed to Mr. Richaap LEWIS, Secretary, Royal National Institution, il, John-street, Adel Phi, London, W.C. HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANK -3lana;,Yers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. R. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE. Messre. tielmore, Eitzjars.mes. Misses Helen , 3lovv , r d and It M R. Leclercq, Vaadenhoff, Mrs. C. Melvide After which, Shalzsnete's Traz - ely of M CBETIT. Mr. ?hops ; Messrs. Creswick R. Roxby, G. Belmo e. A lisyne*, G. 14'. Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, Lto. ; Daisses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miz,s L.. elm Boors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. 'l' HIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After v hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip p en dale, Farren, Compton , Rogers , G ordon, Braid, So. liest.'ames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &C. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon, ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwiliiara, AC. And 01. IR MARY ANNE. 31 1 11 ss . Lindiey, Mr Clarke. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. 1 HIS EVEI\ ING, VIZ M G'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fart, It King's t,uttertly, Air. r echter. Messrs. Ryler,Wid dicomb, Ch rlei, M'intyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, u afford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, M. Henrade, E. 7.,avende, and B. Lavenue. prece ded., at 7, by INURS'EY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Corea ; Miss Lavenue, Mt s. Lee. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Sox-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. liING'S BUTT ERFLY. -LYCEUM TII 11;AT RE.--Fautan, the King's Butter Mr. Eu HT ER. Ile m ost buccessful Drama produced fly, tor years. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vininz. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Addy O'Kafferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Vining . , Forreste r. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Matston, Miss Emma JBarnett, and Miss FAnny Gwynne. NT W THEATRE-ROYAL, BOW Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stuart, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Myles (with Ong*, Mr. John Collins. Messrs. BillingtorP, R.. Phillips, stephenstn, Eburne, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Bi lington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Messrs. J. Clarke Stephenson; Mrs. H Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EUINEN TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re engaged. THIS EVENING, and during the week, UNDER THE BOSE. Alter which, a new and or!g,inal Comedy Drama, in three acts, entitled SY BILLA.; or, STEP BY STE I'. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddlson Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOD , OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ISS ADAII ISIAACS MENKIN AIIn her great impersonation of MAZEPPA EVERT E ENING, at ASTLEY'S. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs Par belle and.Belford ; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MIL KY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdaraes Swanbor ,ugh and Manders. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, ,Simpson, eLc. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. T op 245. ~ Deep ...228. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lvnt. rirlHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest srowrizio INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. [l. GLEN tE, NEWS AGE - NT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by 1111:iltY" BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish treet, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rsis DAY.—Moraing, 7n. 2m.—Afternoon., 7a. 40m. CNN101111(17/.-310rIlillg, Bh. 15m.—Afternoon, Sa. - t jg ' 4- ; SUIT LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 7, 1864. We have three days later news from America by the Hecla, with some further accounts of the would-be great victory of SHERIDAN, but they add but little to the details already given. He continued the pursuit until LONGSTREET turned upon him, and then—we must wait until the next great battle takes place. According to the movements of HOOD, matters seem to be getting more serious with SHERMAN, who found it necessary to leave Atlanta in order to keep open his communications, if that be possible. SHERMAN left one corps at Atlanta, but that was so hard pressed that it was actually in a state of siege. The Confederate cavalry were so active that not a man con:d leave Atlanta for fear of capture. Nor were the Federals much better off in the direction of Knoxeville, whither they were retreating from Bull's Gap, which they had evacuated. Indeed, the position of the Federals in the north-west was anything but hopeful, and it is expected that SHERMAN will en• deavour to make his escape as best he can. The reported defeat of General PRICE in Missouri is not confirmed ; on the contrary, he is carrying on the campaign with increasedvigonr. The elections in I),nnsylvania are stated to be cfficially carried in favour of the Democrats with a majority of 150 for the borne vote, President DAVIS has made a speech full of hope and confidence, stating that all his attempts to induce the Federals to come to terms of pence had been treated with contempt, and that he was resolved to conquer peace and to secure the independence of the South by the sword, and the patriotic efforts of his gallant countrymen. Oa the whole the news is favourable to the South. As for the North, we behold them carrying on the same system of civil tyranny. President LINCOLN has published a letter declining to interfere with Governor JOHN noiv's proclamation, requiring a test oath from presidential voters, which is not surprising, since its effect is so entirely in his favour. The Federal news must now be looked upon with more ens picion than ever, for all that we hear confirms the impression that they are doing their utmost to secure the elections, if not by fair means, by any other that is practicable and promises to be wore efficacious. It behoves all who are more immedi ately concerned in the struggle to look to them selves and to be aware of the tactics of their crafty and most unscrupulous foes, who will s t op at nothing to gain th-ir ends. Al that appertains to the transactions of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution are deeply in teresting, alike from their intrinsic importance, and from their intimate connection with the interests of the community. The services of the society bring home their welcome labours to every home and hearth throughout the country, and no family that can count its members who occupy their business in the great waters, or, even only occasiona:ly, tra verse the deep, but may look upon this institution 26 a benefit and a blessing. There is no saying bow, 'when, or where they may not stand in need of AIS services and require its agency, and it behoyee all, who are at all able to do so, to forward the pure pose and foster the interests of so universal an un dertaking and so noble an enterprise. It is always well worth while to study the minor details whroh are put forward at the meetings and reports of this society, and at the) last one some very noticeable inci dents were recorded. There can be no doubt existing in the minds of the most sceptical as to the efficacy of the tasks performed by the Lifeboat Institution, when we hear that altogether a total of 104 lives were saved by the lifeboats of the institution and shore boats during the fearful gales of last month. This is surely a guarantee both of the necessity of their requirements and the ability with which they are performed. Ignorant or inexperienced persons will doubtless be greatly astonished at the great reamb2r recorded, but the initiated will recognise the vast importance of having on every shore of our country these refuges in distress and strongholds in times of need. If any persons deserve a testi monial for their services it is these gallant preservers of life who, at imminent risk, dare the fury of the elements and brave the peril of waters to save a fellowecreature in danger of destruction. No re wards can adequately compensate those who put themselves in close proximity to a condition where all highest treasures are dross, and our vaunted possession as baubles, but it is right and fitting that some note be made of such services, and some recognition recorded of their successes, to incite and encourage others, and to prove of what avail are the exertions so constantly made by this society. It is satisfactory to find that some bene volent persons have presented three boats to the in stitntion,and the Great Northern Railway Company, with praiseworthy liberality, have forwarded them to their destination free from charge. This com mendable course has before been pursued by railway companies, and it is to be hoped will still be continued, as it is very desirable that all should contribute their mite to the furtherance of so worthy a cause. Mr. CARDWELL has very pro perly done his utmost to promote the work of the institution in sending their valuable instructions to the Cllonies, and in making them known there. The Boulogne Shipwreck and Humane Society have made an excellent translation into French of these valueble instructions, and they are now being ex tensively circulated on that part of the coast of France. This is very fortunate, as the services rendered to human life will be greatly increased in consequence of this important information being disseminated. Notwithstanding the great im provements in their navy, and the zeal and ability which they have displayed therein, the French can never be, to use their own phraseology, so much au courant with naval affairs or sea transactions as the English are, and it redounds very greatly to their credit that they should thus ha sought to inform themselves at the fountain head, and ex tended the advantages of such knowledge to those of their countrymen who stood in need of the teaching. The Minister of Marine, on the part of the French Government, has conveyed his thanks to the in stitution " for the valuable information the society has furnished to two officers of the imperial navy, on the occasion of their recent visit to inspect some of the lifeboat stations of the institution." This is as it should be, when one nation coincides with another in the importance of such an undertaking, and seeks to improve itself in matters relating to vital interests. It may be appropriately observed of this Lifeboat Institue tion that their sound has gone cut into all lands, and their wonders unto the ends of the earth. Not alone where the waves wash the shores of our island coast do their agents exert their efforts, but their emissaries may be said to sweep round the globe, and to touch every shore, in their compre hensive work and mighty acbievements. Such a Society may well be called a national one ; for it is essentially so in every sense of the word, and as such should be extensively recognised and warmly supported. The project of a grand confederation of the British North American provinces is proceeding with unabated spirit, and, notwithstanding a little temporary opposition on the part of the French Canadians, it has as yet been developed with singu lar unanimity for a work of so momentous a charac ter. According to the latest intelligence, it is pro- beble that the confederation will provide for the appointment of the Governor-General by the Crown with Cabinet advisers. The Crown will also ap. point members of the Upper Chamber for life, and the members of the Lower House are to be elected for five years. The Governor-General is to appoint the Lieutenant-Governors of the provinces. These are the principal outlines of the scheme as at pre sent developed, but, of coarse, they are capable of many modifications hereafter. Those whose atten tion has been attracted by a question of so much moment, which concerns the future of what will unquestionably be a great and powerful State, will have read with keen interest the speeches deli vered at the grand banquet, given on the 15th ult. by tile Board of Trade of Quebec to the delegates from the Lower Provinces who were then assembled in that city. Mr. JOSEPH, the President of the Board of Trade, was naturally the chairman, and he was supported by the most eminent men of the country, the Canadian Ministers themselves being among the guests. The feeling expressed was una nimous, and the facts elicited in the course of the evening from the various speakers all tended to convince the hearers of the prudence and practica bility of the proposed scheme. The Chairman, in introducing the subject of the evening, remarked that the Board of Trade were naturally anxious for an increase of the trade between the colonies, and were desirous of a commercial union, under which there should be one tariff instead of five as at pre sent—a state of things naturally prejudicial to the commercial interests of the country. Dr. TUPPER, the head of the representatives of Nova Scotia, ob served in the course of his interesting address, that it was difficult, if not impossible, to bring about a commercial union without a political one. This gentleman was anxious to set before his Canadian hearers the extent of the resourms to which the maritime provinces can lay claim, so as to demon strate the fact that the union is like to be a mutual advantage, and is not a mere appeal on the part of the smaller body to be incorporated in the larger. It is true that to Eoglish or American ears a population of 800,000 and a revenue of 3,000,000 dole do not sound very considerable, but when we consider the age and position of the colonies we shall not be inclined to despise them. When we come to the statistics of the Premier of New Brunswick and find that the population of 800,000 owns nearly 800,000 tons of shipping, that he revenue of the four maritime provinces, after Paying the interest on the public debts and laying out large sums in public) works, shows a surplus of half a million dollars; and, farther, that Nova Scotia alone has doubled her revenue within the last few years, and that the export and transport trade of the maritime provinces amounts to between three and four million dollars, we shall agree with the delegates that the Lower Provinces come into the field on an independent footing. Bat, after all, it is on the geographical features of • heir country that they rut their most powerful claim to import ance; for whatever strengtb, or consequence, or protection may be given by Canada o her humbler rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1864. sisters, it will be more than repaid by the grand highway which they will open to her trade and commerce. At present, as Dr TUPPER observed, Canada is dependent for half the year for means of access to a foreign state, but when the great Inter colonial Railway, which is the first national under taking unanimously insisted upon by the delegates shall have been completed, Canada will reach her arms to the ocean through the whole year round. 4' The inexhaustible resources of the Great West will flow down the St. Lawrence to Quebec, and from thence to the magnificent harbours of Halifax and St. John, open at all seasons of the year." Whenever we talk of the resources and the wealth of these provinces, however, we are but using figures, rather than facts, we are referring to the present condici of a thinly populated colony, not the actual prospects and capacities of so large and rich a tract of country. As one of the speakers at Quebec observed, the mineral resources of the colony of Nova Scotia alone are most important. " You will find a vest country occupied by as valuable coal deposits as are to be found on the surface of the earth. You will find iron mines in the pro vince of Nova Scotia, which, in quality, will suc cessfully rival the finest Swedish iron. Yon will find iron and coal associated with limestone. In fact, you will find inNovaScotia all those chief natural characteristics which have made Great Britain the first commercial mart of the world." It is as yet, too, quite uncertain to whet extent the gold mines may be developed, but there is nothing in the geo graphy or configuration of the country which forbids their rising in to an important item in the prosperity of the country. Each colony, in fact, can claim some advantages of its own, Even Newfoundland, from its position in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, can not be regarded as an insignificant member of the Union. Colonel GRAY, the Premier of Prince Edward's Island, in whose capital, Charlottestown, the deputies first assembled, told the gentlemen gathered at the banquet, that "it had been the dream of his youth and his manhood that he might one day be citizen of a great nationality stretching from Vancouver to Halifax." Such a descendant would be worthy of the mother country, and the time seems now at hand when the foundation-stone of its future greatness shall be laid. though thinly populated, and with resources not a tenth part de veloped, with slender capital, and with all the obsta cles attending the growth of young and ungoverned States, the British North American Provinces are no insignificant group. They possess, not only in their association with Great Britain and in the natural capabilities of their country, but in the inherent energy, the brave, enterprising spirit and indomit able courage of their race, the true wealth of nations. Their liberty of thought and speech and action, their free instil utions and constitutional government, secure them that internal liberty without which no State can thrive; and, like the labourer's children whose legacy was in the soil, they have but to devote themselves to the cultivation of their own colony to rise into wealth and dignity. Less rapid in their growth than their great neighbour, less confident in I speech, less powerful in action, less wealthy in ex chequer, their arrogance is tempered by the calm ness, their public acts by the moderation, and their civil freedom by the tolerance and respect for indi vidual right which are among the especial charac teristics of Englishmen. Men like these do not resolve rashly nor act hastily. The step they have united in deciding on is a wise and prudent one, suited to the exigencies of the time, and favourable to the development of the colonies; and though a work of such magnitude can hardly reach the end without meeting some impediments, we trust they may be no more than passing in their nature and limited in their influence. Lord Mayor's Day, The preparations at Guildhall for the banquet on Wed nesday next are rapidly approaching completion, and there is no doubt that, with the new timber roof just completed, and the judicious improvements in progress, in the style of decorating the hall, the venerable buildirg will present an appearance far more grand and interesting than on any former occasion. The clusters of wall columns, which support the arches of the new roof, have been made to re semble red granite, highly polished, and the carved capitals have been richly gilt. The cornice, on the space between each set of columns, is inscribed with the mottoes of the City of London, the principal livery companies, dr). The screen which formerly lined the lower portions of the side walls has been discarded, so that the well-proportioned architec tural features of those parts of the hall will be seen to full advantage. Flags, banners, trophies of armour, &c., will be employed ix various parts to aid to the general effect. The great window at the east end will be illuminated externally, so as to display the stained glass with which it is filled. In the correspanding window at the west end will be placed the Prance of Wales's plume of feathers, composed of spun glass, a highly resplendent and effective ornament, In the corridors and rooms above ttairs, which are being tastefully huag with drapery and carpeted by the City upholsterer, Mr N. Pher 6, will be displayed a choice selec • don of sculpture and paintings, including portraits of the outgoing and incoming Lord Mayors, the much lamanted Captain Speke (the African travelle.), the late Vircount Canning, Sir Henry Lawrence, Sir John Lawrence, and other distinguished personages. The out-ot-door procession will include the boys of the Marine Society, who have ceased to appear in the proces sion (though always a popular part of it) for several years past, the bands of the Royal London Militia, the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, the London Rill) Volunteer Brigade, the Grenadier Guards, the Hon. Artil lery Company, and the mounted band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards. The Company of Tallowchandlers (of which the new Lord Mayor is a member) will attend in a number of carriages, accompanied by a military band of their own providing. There will elso be six knights in various kinds of armour from the Tower, each attended by two Esquires in appropriate costume, and an unusually large display of the flags and banners of the various Livery Companies of the City, and of national bannera, the rest of the procession being made up of the usual official personages, Aldermen, Sheriffs, City Officers, Old and New Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Military Guard of Honour from the 13th Hus sars, &c. On account of the lengthened route on the present occa sion, and a desire to pass through the Wards over which the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs preside (viz., Coleman-street, Al. dersgate, and Candlewick), the procession is expected to leave Guildhall not later than half-past 11. Its course will be through the following streets :—King-street, Cheapside, Martin's-le-Grand, Aldersgate-street, Jewin. street (instead of Barbican), Redcross-street, Fore-street, Finsbury-pave ment, Finsbury-circus. London-wall, Moorgate- street, Princes-street, King William-street, Cannon-street, St. Paul's-churchyard, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, Strand, Charing-cross to Westminster Hall. The wands of cffi)e for the Dinner Committee have been manufactured by Messrs Stillwell and Son, of Barbican, The wands are of white wood, and are surmounted by a very pretty design in frosted silver. In the centre of the design are the City arms; above are the Lord Mayor's (Slr Ald. Hale), and at t'at) bottom those of the Sheriffs. On a garter is the word "Guildhall," and the date, 1864. The figures and -mottoes are shall) and well &fined, though in the case of the legend on Mr Ald. and Sheriff Dakin's arms some little difficulty was experienced in consequence of its lengit. Messrs Grant and Co., of Ludgate-hill, have executed the dinner tickets.— Cay Press. RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Friday night last a collision occurred on the Midland Railway, at the Water-lane junction, near Leeds. At this point, which forms one of the angles of a triangular system, the lines of rails, front the Wellington station and from Holbeck join. The accident was caused by the passenger train for York and Hull, which leaves the former stati n at 7 p.m , com ing into collision laterally with a goods train which li ft Holbeck for Huuslet-lane at about 640 p.m. Through some misunderstanding with regard to the signals, which has not yet been explained, both trains were allowed to approach the junction at the same time. The point would have been cleared by the passenger train had a minute or two more been allowed, but at the moment when it was passing on lo its own line of rails it came in contact with the goods train, the engine and tender of which it threw on the six feet way. The goods train was moving slowly, the other with some rapidity. The passengers were a good deal shaken, and some of them suffered from slight con• tusions, but they were all able to proceed on their journey. One of the carriages was slightly damaged, and was left behind. The goods train could not be moved, as the engine and tender had become embedded in the ground, and had to be lifted on the rails before the traffic could be resumed. The line was cleared shortly after midnight, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 7. The Royal Mail steamer Europa, from Boston on the 261 h and Halifax on the 28:12 ult., arrived here at 7 a.m, to-day. She bringsl7l passengers and 30,450 dole. in specie. She landed all mails and five passengers, and proceeded at 7.15 E.M., all well. NEW YORK, Om 26 (Morning). The pursuit of the Confederates by Gen. Sheridan ended at Mount Jackson, where he reports they arrived without an organized regiment. Confederate Lecounta state that in the first attack on the 19:h inst. Early captured and brought off 18 guns and 1,300 prisoners. Tne Federals subsequently cup tared 30 guns, which became blocked in the streets of Strasburg. The Confederates lost less than one thousand men. The Federal infantry did not par• sue. Longstreet has resumed active service. The Southern papers assert that arrangements are being made for the Confederates to occupy and hold Atlanta. Hood's movements, they say, have com pelled Sherman to leave one corps at Atlanta in a state of siege. The Confederate cavalry are around the suburbs of Atlanta, capturing all who come cut of the trenches. Sherman has moved northward with two corps to operate against Hood. Hood is reported to be on the north west of At' lanta, with the base of his supplies at Cedar Bluffs, on the Coosa River. He holds Lookout Mountain. Telegraphic communication between Chattanooga and Atlanta has been restored. The Eiderals have evacuated Bull's Gap, and have retreated towards Knoxville, pursued by the Confederate cavalry. A general battle is reported to have taken place near Independence, Missouri, resulting in the de• feat of General Price, who retreated 25 miles south of Kansas City, pursued by the Kderals. The bombardment of Charleston is progressing. A large fleet of vessels has arrived there. Another large fleet is concentrating at Hampton Roads to attack Wilmington. Southern journals think that General Grant will postpone any further attack until the Dutch Gap Canal is completed. President Lincoln has declined by letter to inter• fere with Governor Johnson's proclamation requir. ing a test oath from Presidential voters. Mr Pendleton, the Democratic candidate for the Vice• Presidency, has asserted in a speech and by letter that the Democratic party is pledged to the restoration of a constitutional union. Proceedings have commenced at St John's, New- foundland, for the extradition of the Confederates who recently made a raid into St AlLans, Vermont. Lieutenant Young has written a letter claiming that he is a Confederate commissioned cfficer, and commanded an expedition in Vermont to burn towns and villages in retaliation for the devastation of the Shenandoah Valley. He says he violated no Ca nadian law, and was arrested and delivered to the British authorities on Cinadian territory by armed American citizens. More frontier raids are ex 3 petted. The Superior Court at Baltimore has refused an application to compel the Governor of Maryland to throw out the soldiers' votes. An anti-slavet y constitution care has been carried in the Court of Appeals. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 1141 per cent. premium. Stocks steady. New York Central, 1184 ; Illinois, 120 ; Erie, 961. Cotton slightly firmer—middling upland, 126 , :.. Petroleum—crude, 47c.; refined, 70c. PORTSCHIPT. Price's defeat has not been confirmed. He is moving through Kansas. Sherman is at Gaylesville, near Coosa River, and is pressing Hood, who is retreating towards Gasen. His army is destitute of food and shoes. The railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta is nearly completed. The elections in Pennsylvania are officially stated to have resulted in a Democratic msjority for the home vote of 150. President Davis has made a speech, stating that the Federals had repulsed all attempts at negotia tion, and that foreign intervention and foreign recognition were ignis fatuus, and victory alone could achieve peace and independence. He repu diatedcontemptuonsly any neg o ti a ti on b y separate States. Hood's army had increased in strength and con fidence since the fall of Atlanta, and he hoped that within 30 days Sherman would seek a crossing on the Tennessee cruisers. The Confederate cruisers Tallahassee and Edith have left Wilmington. The steamer Mind() has been captured. The Belgian, New York, and Glasgow have arrived out. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7. The Cunard steamer Hecla, from New York on the 26th ult., has arrived here. She brings 106 pas sengers and 100,000 dole. in specie. MEXICO. It is reported via New Orleans that Cortinas has surrendered, and has accepted a commission in Maximilian's army. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 7. The Papal Nuncio, Monsignor di Chigi, was re ceived by the Emperor and Empress at St. Cloud yesterday. State Councillor Persil has been appointee Senator, BOURSE, Nov. s.—The market has been heavy and prices are in many cases lower. Threes, for the Account, are now at 64f. 75f., and Mobilier at 880 f. Little done in Itiiivvay Shares, but quota ines rather receded. The tions have on some of the market closed as follows 4; per Cents 9l 90 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6l 80 Credit Mobilier BBO Do. end month BB9 Bank Shares 3395 Credit oneier 1155 Roman Italian Loan O5 40 Do. end month 65 50 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican •• .• 49 25 Russian Austrian Spanish Throes 4l 75 dome Debt Deferrel RAIL WAYS. Cash. Account. 836 25 .. 837 50 975 .. 975 Orleans... **** 000 ose. Northern, Lyons and Mediterranean 888 75 .. 892 50 SJuthern 582 50 .. 832 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Loirl3rd North of Spain Saragossa 463 75 .. 462 50 Ditto to Barcelona GERMANY. RATZEBURG, Nov: 7. A deputation from the Lauenburg Diet left here this morning early for Berlin, accompanied by Count Bernstorff Gyldenstein, to lay before the K;ng the reeolutions of the Diet in reference to the annexation of Lauenburg to Prussia. PRUSSIA AND LAUENBURG. BATZEBURG, Nov. 7. A deputation from the lAuenburg Diet left here this morning early for Berlin, accompanied by Count Bernetorff Gyldenetein, to lay before the King the resolutions of the Diet in reference to the annexation of Lluenburg to Prussia. MAURITIUS AND REUNION MAILS. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Mc z ambique, with the above mails, arrived at Suez on the sth inst at 2 a.m. She brings 61 passengers and 129 packages of merchandise. The Yelverton Marriage Case. A letter signed "Theresa Yelverton," and dated Tina trim House. October ti 9, has been addressed to the Limerick Southern Chroniee, The writer says :—" The Scotch law form of asserting marriage is by a declarator of the fact; and it requires to be proved by writ or oath of one of the contracting parties. Marriage in Scotland being a simple consent, it can be proved like any other contract—by in ferenco, by repute, by circumstantial evidence, and by any evidence which would be held to prove any other fact. Lord Broushau states this very clea"ly in one of his luminous judgments. He says—`lt a contract were made between two parsons to buy a certain article for a certain price, and the article and the sum of money should be found to have changed possessors, it would be proof that the contract had been accomplished. In a similar manner, if a man and woman who had been contracting for marriage, or what is termed courting, are discovered subsequently cohabiting as man and wife, the conclusive inference is that they have exchanged the necessary consent, and have accomplished ' the contract of marriage. . This is the exact point that three to! the English law lords have failed to comprehend. They could not see that a fact, can be proved otherwise than by ocular demonstration ; they required more evidence to prove a marriage than ordinary judges to prove a murder. Possibly scepticism is the Thomas Didymus of longevity, and octogenarians, as a rule, may be more hard of belief from the fact of the senses being less acute ; suffice it to say, unhappily three law lords failed to discern that the written proof I had been advised to lay before them bore sufficient evidence of a consent to marriage having taken place. This, then, is the present state of the case in transition between the proof by writ and the proof by oath, which will be attempted when. the court meets in Scotland. The promise of marriage contained in Major Yelverton's letter of April 1857, and the acknowledgment that he had accomplished that promise, in the letter of the Christmas following, will then have to be explained with a reasonable explanation other than the one heretofore offered by his counsel, viz That the solemn promise meant only " That we were to travel on the continent when Major Yelverton had leisure I (sous entendti), and that I was to pay the expenses and do the translation I"' (a most ingenious way of keeping a courier), but far from conclu sive as explanatory of the latter. Fortunately, Major Yel verton had given a more satisfactory version on his exami nation in the witness box in Dublin—and it is to be hoped that when again asked the question he will prefer throwing over his counsel's ingenious explanat;on to coming under the notice of the Procurator Fiscal this time for perjury. It is quite a common thirg for counsel to make a plausible case, irrelevant of all truth, if they are paid for it ; but under the present peculiar circumstances there is every reason to believe that Major Yelverton will tell the truth, and admit that the promise alluded to an engagement of marriage with me, and not to an engagement as courier and paymas ter combined. That the public should imagine that any case could be positively terminated by any other cause than the total dearth of funds shows the bliss of ignorance. "We see litigation, like heirlooms, passing from generation to generation, where the estate c •ntinues to sustain its cost ; and the brightest prestige which has appeared on the hor:- zma of my legal prospects for some time was the application made the other day to the House of Lords by my husband's agent, to compel me to solace his pain for the trouble he has had with me, by giving him L 53 I They surely must be in dire necessity before they could ask for money from me under such auspices. The Lord Chancellor evidently neither pitied his pains, nor his pauperism, and refused his appli cation. He was dismissed like any other importunate vagrant to the refuge of the alias which the Court Journal ot• September last assures us he still assumes. Far from being put to silence, I claim, at leas;, a little credit for bearing and maintaining in respectability, and free from duns! the once honoured name of Yelverton t which the only scion of that noble house has abandoned for an alias TIIE SUNNINGIIA LL MURDER.--Since the murder of Mrs Butler in the lodge at Sunninghall Park, the scat of Mr Crutchley, one of the county magistrates, the Berks police, under - .21r Superintendent Iremonger, in whose dis trict the crime was committed, have been unremitting in their search after the perpetratais of this cold-blooded crime. Not a day has been lost since the inquest, and no trouble bas been spared to find some clue, if ever so slight, which might lead to the capture of the murderers, and these exertions have not h3su unrewarded. It seems that last Saturday week Superintendent Iremonger went into Buckingham shire and visited Great Marlow Fair, in the hope of hearing some intelligence as to two tramps, a man and woman with a dog, who were seen by Kentish, the Windser carrier, but a short distance from the lodge a few minutes previous to the discovery of the murder, While prosecuting his inqui ries in a low beerhouse frequented by travellers, he ascer-- rained that two tramps, one of whom had just been left by the woman in whoa company he had been seen, the woman being accompanied by a dog, had been arrested the previous Wednesday for sleeping under a rick and imprisoned in the gaol at Aylesbury for vagrancy. The men's names are Wm, Smith and Thomas Guest, and both, it is understood, were formerly in the Coldstream Guards. Superintendent Ire monger ascertained that Smith at the time of his apprehen don wore a blue guernsey with a white smock over it, and that the woman had gone on to Abingdon, having left Smith on account of his illtreatment. Furnished with this information, the superintendent last Monday proceeded to Winkfield, the parish in which the murder was committed, to ace if any one could be found who could identify Smith, but without success. On Tuesday he proceeded to Abing don, whither, it was stated, the woman had gone, and searched the lodginghouse, but without result. On Wed nesday Mr Iremonger again went over to Winkfield, and this time was successful in finding come one who could identify the tramp imprisoned in Aylesbury Gaol. This person was Frederick Smith, coachman to Lady Wiltshire, at whose residence Wm, Smith (she tramp) had called for the purpose of begging, and had been turned off the pre mises by the coachman, who declared at once that he could p'ck Smith ott from among any number of persons. Ac companitd by Superintendent Iremonger, the coachman proceeded to Aylesbury Gaol on Thursday morning at an early hour for the purpose of identifying Smith. Guest was first called in, but the coachman at once said he was not the maa, and he was then shown Wm. Smith, who, dressed in prison clothes, was at the time of the visit pick ing oakum. The coachman immediately identified the latter prisoner, and stated that when he saw Smith at Winkfield he wore a blue guernsey with a white smock over it, either a billy-cock or c tp, trousers, and old leather shoes. The clothes worn by Smith on his admission into the gaol were then produc 3(1 and found to coincide with the coachman's previous description of his apparel, but the blue gurensey was missing. 'I he clothes were examined, and one spot of blood was found on the smockfrock, while the shirt was clean, having lately been washed. The ricks at Marlow and a pigstye at Littlewiek-green, where the two men slept on the night previous to their apprehension, have been searched, but the missing gue,osey and slick, with which the murder is supposed to have been committed, have not been found. Smith will, on the expiration of his month's imprisonment, bo brought before the magistrate on this more serious charge. lie is a man of forbidding appearance, with dark hair and whiskers. In the meantime Colonel Blandy, the chief of the Burks constabulary, has Kilt out parties in the hope of finding the woman, and should they be successful in apprehending her, it is very likely the real perpetrator of this up to the present fate mysterious murder will shortly be disclosed. DISCOVERY NEAR EDINBURGU.—A few months ago we reported the exhumation of a large number of stone coffins in -he v:einity of the " Cat-stane," about six miles irom Edinburgh, by Mr Hutchison, of Carlowrlo. We have now to notice a discovery of much greater antiquarian interest, made chiefly through the instrumentality of the same gentleman—viz., the remains of an ancient British town on the western side of Craigiehill, which is about a mile distant from the former relies, on the Linlithgow side , of the Almond river. Many years ago, when cutting a road through Craigiehill, between Kirkliston and Cramond, the workmen came upon a stone kist, the end of which is still to be seen projecting from the bank over the carriage way. Several attempts have been made by archaiologists to unra vel she mystery of this memento of bygone ages, but with out effect. Some time ago Prof. Simpson, in one e his wan derings, thought he had observed on the hill indications of an ancient British city, and recently he wrote to Mr Hut chison on the matter, requesting him to obtain permission from the proprietor of the hill, Mr Hope Vere, to make ex plorations. This permission was at once cordially granted, and on Friday the 22d ult, Mr Hutchison examined the hill ; and his men, after some search, came upon traces of three walls or ramparts enclosing a space near the western top of the hill, upon which were numerous raised circular rings of stones, apparently the foundations of such dwellings as our rude forefathers are known to have occupied. On the following day Professor Simpson, accompanied by Dr Macbean and Mr Hutchison, made a much more exten sive and systematic investigation, the result of which was that They exposed portions of the faces of the three lines of walls, and one of the raised circles inside, The) also were fortunate enough to discover a gate which bad formed one of the entrances to the encampment. The ram parts are arranged in a fort;fled manna: as parallels, and to wards that past of the hill from which alone any attack could be made, the other sides presenting natural barriers which, in those times, no invading force could have hoped to overcome. Excavations were made behind the old stone kist, which would seem to have been placed just outside the city walls, but nothing of interest was found there. We understand that ri ofe7:sor Simpson is preparing an elabo. rate paper on the whole subject, which is t 3 be submitted to a meeting of the Antiquarian Society during the ensuing 15051Q11,-05cotsmatt. There are now only two meetings of any importance to come off this season, viz., Liverpool and Shrewsbury, The former generally secures a large gathering of the lovers of racing. The Liverpool Autumn Meeting com mences to-morrow, and extends over four days. The vari ous handicaps have obtained large entries, and there is every prospect of the meeting being a great success, The Knowsley Handicap has nearly 80 horses engaged. Edin burgh and Anonyma look as well in at the weights as anya thing. The Flying Handicap is another race of the same de• scription, having a very large entry, and the distance being only half a mile, it is almost impossible to venture an opinion of the probable winner, as there are always so many false starts in these short races. The Sefton Handicap ; one mile and a quarter, has seve• horses engaged who are ii the Liverpool Handicap, viz., Twilight, amanybroek, Brick, and My Maly. The whole of them are adapted to the course, and will be difficult to dispose of should either of them enter an appea-ance. If any demonstration should be made in favour of Summer side it will be worth following, as she looks the most likely starter of the other four. Next to her I fancy Twilight. The Liverpool Cup has a very meagre acceptance. Seve ral horses who were thought to be well " in" were heavily supported before the acceptances came out, and great su-- prise was expressed when it became known that not one of Mr Merry's lot were amongst them. It was thought that Costa was expressly kept for this race, Mr MelTy heir g a staunch supporter of the Liverpool Meeting. Ner-ly all the horses engaged have been out latoly. Donnybrook, immediately the acceptances became known, was installed first favourite. In fact, nearly all the bookmakers are full against him. The confederacy have been keeping him all the year for something, and they seem now to have got him handicapped to their satisfaction. The Tartar belongs to the same interest ; therefore it would be better to wait until the day of the race to see if any demonstration should be made in his favour, rather than take the ridiculously short price about Donnybrook at present. That the com mission that has been executed about the latter is genuine there is not the shadow of a doubt. The pull in the weights is so greatly in favour of DONNYBROOK that, unless his party turn round and back The Tartar at the last moment, I expect he will have no difficulty in disposing of the moderate field that will oppose him, The next two, in my estimation, are THE BREWER and TWILIGHT. A FRESH MAN. The Alleged Frauds on the Stock Exchange. At the Guildhall Police-court, on Saturday, Thomas Burrows, aged 35, stockjobber, was again brought up on remand, charged with obtaining certain bonds by false pre•. tences, the value of which amounted to about £lO,OOO. Mr Charles Hopkins, jun., said he was a stockjobber, and had dealings with the p ;Boner, Ho sold him 3,500 Turkish Consolides, in two pare tts, for which he received a cheque :or £l,-868 18s. 9d., which was dishonoured. He had also sold him 5,000 Spanish certificates, which, at his request, he hal held over. He received the cheque about a quarter of an hour after he had delivered the bonds. In cross-examina :on witness said that he had received back £1,400 out cf the amount due to him. Mr John Heseltine, a stockjobber, said he sold the pri soner 1,000 Con:ederate Bonds, for which he received a cheque for £650, which was dishonoured. Mr '1 homas Lanscey, proved the delivery of the bonds. Mr Murray Richardson, a stockjobber, gave evidence as to selling the prisoner £3,600 Mexican Three per Cent Stock and £l,OOO Mex:can Three per Cent. Coupon Stock, for which he received a cheque for £1,259, which was dis honoured. Mr Laurence James Baker, a stockjobber, said he had sold to the prisoner 500 Turkish Botch, for which ho had received a cheque for .L 458 13s 9d, which was dishonoured. Evidence w: 3 thea given as to transactions in which the prisoner had sold stock and received payment in cheques, which cheques had born paid, and the amounts paid into the account of his clerk, which he had opened at another bank. Mr Sturdy said he was in partnership with Mr Baker, and on October 14 he went to the Charing-cross railway station, when he saw the prisoner, who had shaved oft his whiskers and beard, end had a'so shaved his head and wore a wig. He was with a lady at the time. 'Witness ac costed him, and, after some preliminaries, the prisoner ac companied him to his (prisoner's) brother at Barnet, when he (prisoner) requested his brother to deliver to him (wit ness) the parcel which ho had entrusted to him that morn ing. This was done, and it was found to contain bonds to the value of several thousand pounds. Witness did not pro mise that no criminal prosecution should be insthuted if the bonds were given up. He also got from the prisoner £l5 in bank notes, and four sovereigns. It also appeared that cir cular notes, to the extent of £3OO, on the London and West minster Bank, had been recovered from the prisoner, toge ther with two cheques in blank drawn by his clerk, Mr Grantham, and two railway tichote fiom Charing-oroas to Paris. Mr Lewis, jun., for the defence, said—There is really, sir, no case against my client; several questions of law will be raised, which if you decide on not adjudicating upon, I will not address you. Sir F. G. Moon—l certainly think, Mr Lewis, that this is a case for a jury. Mr Lewis—Then, sir, I will not urge any legal objection to the charge, but leave it for a superior court. I have spoken to Mr Mullens as to bail. Mr Mullens—As the prisoner has been declared bank rupt we have no fear that he will attempt to escape. as he would incur such great'penalties. We therefore are willing to accept his brother as bail in the sum of £5OO. The bail was put in, and the prisoner liberated. ARMING THE NEGROES.—Oa Oct. 18, the New York papers re-published on article from the Richmond Enquirer on the subject of arming the negroes. Curiously enough on Oct. 1,2 it is telegraphed from New York as if it were latest iate,ligence. It is also Stated that the Government of the state of Louisiana recommends the measure. Without some explanation this telegram may lead to misapprehension. Now, the 'a-aye:lament of Louisiana recommends the arming of some of the negroes as a species of retaliation, and as a means of protecting the coloured race. The Federals have kidnapped a large number of negroes in Louisiana for their armies, and have treated the negro women and children with the most horrible barbarity. It is there. fore suggested that the negroes should be armed, and necessarily admission into the military service of the Confederate States will free them and their children. 'the _Richmond Enquirer, like the rest of the Southern preis, is an independent organ of public opinion, and what it re commends has no official stamp. But there is good sense and earnest patriotism in what it says about arming the negroes. The South is fighting for independence, and for that cause the insti ction of negro slavery wilt be given up. If the North is to win, then negroes will pass into the hands of the Yankees, therefore if any danger arises of the North over-running the country, it will be politic to arm the negroes. If all the whites are enlisted, Virginia will fight the invaders with her blacks. The Enquirer, which, like the rest of the Confederate press, is always discounting defeats and manfully pre paring for the direst extremity, recommends that Congress should authorise the Government to purchase 250,000 slaves, enlist them in the army, and of course free them. We do not see any probability that the Confederate Congress will adopt this advice, because there is at present no need of such a mea sure.T he Confederate armies were never numtrically strop ger than at this moment, and the Northern Government never found it more difficult to recruit its rapidly and continually depleted ranks. Sill there are conceivable contingencies in which the negroes might be armed. If after another four years of war the South is half as badly off as the North now represents her to be, or even if she is as hard pressed as were the colonists in the first war of indepen dence, the negroes may be called upon to fight for home and country, for life and family. That freed negroes will fight vastly better for their Southern masters than for their Yankee kidnappers is past questioning. It seems to us altogether improbable that the Confederates will have to enlist negroes. Still the battle is not over, and all other sources failing, the Confederates have the card in their hands of "arming the negroes."—lndex. SALMON IN THE WEAR.—During the past week, the dam on the Wear at West Mill has been a place of considerable attraction, owing to the large number of salmon which were to be seen vainly attempting to leap the dam. On Sunday afternoon last, a vast concourse of people were walking to and from the dam to witness this unusual spectacle, and to many a great novelty. Owing to the Wear subsiding a little after the recent heavy rains, the salmon made their way up the river in large numbers. This dam, however, appeared to interpose an insurmountable obstacle to their further progress, and it was positively painful to see the number of large fish which were perseveringly endeavouring to surmount the dam. There appeared to be some hundreds of them, but no one had heard or knew of a single instance of the fish succeeding in getting over the darn. The water was not running very strong, yet no sooner did one rise out of the water and dip in again until it was thrown back over, and turned about like a piece of stick floating over the water. Some odd ones might struggle up the ladder, lent the great majority would be compelled to return down the water. —Durham Chronicle. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT DERRY.—Another serious ' accident on an Irish railway occurred on Friday evening. It appears that the special train with the Canadian mails ' arrived at the Londonderry station shcrtly before 3 o'clock, and ran into a train which was about to start. A third class carriage was broken, and five or six of the passengers were injured, though not badly. :.~rr'ti : ''~y Sy _. 44w9P , ° vi o 4 t tint t ow: - 1 1.11; HER MAJESTY. ,WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. .6;, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Carobri( arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit to Mjesty, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset' Lieutenant Colonel. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds morning, accompanied by her Royal High' Princess Beatrice, Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode il l ! Riding School. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Wept driving, attended by Lady C4roline Barringto n ,' . The Judgo Advocate-General had an nudieL e° the Queen. Nov. 6 The Queen, her Royal Highness the Ducbeg Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses Prin g ' Helena, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold , ! the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, atteri l Divine service this morning in the Private Cb i l The Rev. C. Tarver, Chaplain in Ordinary t ° M.jesty, officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambo attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, drove 011 a carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Earl Granville arrived at the castle yestera and had the honour of dining with the Queen royal family. Return of their Royal Highnesses 1 Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PO of Wales will arrive at Marlborough House afternoon from their continental tour. After lel° Denmark, their royal highnesses have visited King and Queen of Hanover at Hanover, an d Prince Louis and Princess Alice of Hesse at La stadt, and also visited Cologne and Frankfort, Nvil they went to pass a few days with the Count Countess of Flanders at Brussels. Yesterday their royal highnesses arrived at I werp from Brussels, and were to embark at as!' hour on their return home. The prince and prl i) and suite are expected to disembark at Woo l this afternoon between three and four o'clock, on leaving the landing at the royal dockyard proceed at once to Marlborough House. Their I highnesses will to-morrow leave town to passe days with her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg e return to Gloucester House this forenoon from a , her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador av cl Countess Apponyi are expected to arriva at Chandos ~ shortly after tho 20th inst. from Vienna. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apaley 0 on Saturday from Strathfleldsaye, Hants. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercora P ' beon entertaining the following party at Beaude fOrt black game shooting during the early part of th e week:--The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, the Cowper, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, VW! ' Hamilton, Lord Charles Russell, Lord George 1 131 14 Mr and Mrs John Loslie, Mr Henry Greville, the George Bridgeman (let Life Guards), &c. Arrival of M, Berryer, The distinguished French advocate and lawyer - in London on Saturday evening from Paris. Lord Brougham, who since his departure from Br° Hall had been staying a few days at B r i g hton, arri fe i his residence in Grafton-Street on Friday evening, OP i r o ; to receive his illustrious friend on his reaching Londe On Saturday evening Lord Brougham had a sel° 6 „ at dinner to meet M. Berryer, the Duke of Wel'D e g, Marquis of Clanricarde, and Sir Fitzroy Kelly among the guests. now Yesterday evening Sir Fitzroy Kelly had the receiving M. Berryer at dinner at his house in Ceo fr e tt 1 0 place. Covers were laid for 24 persons. A. 5 01 guests were Lord Brougham, the Duke of Wellinglie St Leonards,,Gen. Sir Hen r y Storks, Sir James &CO Bruce, Vice-Chancellor Sir J o h n S tuart, the 113„1- Baron Pollock, Hon. Edward Curz o n, Hon Mr P S Hon. George Norton, &c. tli t This evening the eminent lawyer will dine 5- m Drs B:oughatn's ; and to-morrow he will be present at tliw oi quet arranged to be given him by the members of t he lish bar in the hall of the Middle Temple. ~„jd On Wednesday M, Berryer will nine with Mayor, at the annual inauguiative batqaei aL the The Chrysanthemums in the Ten:lo Gardens, " When the beauty of the flower garden hai but passed away, and Flora, alarmed by the 13 ' 0 5,1 frosts which winter sends before him to proe lol coming, is preparing to take her departure, IS to t paring to take her departure to take her deo / i d she bestows upon us er a she goes one of the c l3° of her gifts, the Chrysanthemum." So 8 0 1 ° ! Broome, the gardener to the Hon. Society , 0/ Inner Temple, and assuredly it is the trutbf more splendid scene than that now open 1 . 1 ), 0 public in the femple Gat dens is not to be m et '1 , There, in all its hundreds of varieties, in shaV and colour, is the chrysanthemum noW bloom, and often as we have to speak in terw-efi praise of this attractive E hib i tio n, we have 1/801 on any former occasion had to use warmer 0 01 1 commendation than the present. The Of side of the garden, where the c lio and most beautiful specimens of this intee"o flower are placed is positively enchanting' a entering the temporary construction, °rear the protection of the flowers from frost and e ir d a scene is presented calculated to impress the ° V tator with the idea that he is viewing a P e pi lection of briliant summer flowers rather 01 that of the hitherto much neglected chry' s°ll mum. Tne flashing brightness of the yelles il o Y brilliancy of the orimsons, and the delicate f e , of the whites harmonised with the utmost bear high testimony to the great care tb a 0 0: been expended in bringing the nob:e flower t ° o 4 perfection, and presents a coup d'cril that c i 81; be seen without exciting wonder and O t oi The old but celebrated flower denominated e# Salter still maintains its supremacy desPitiod, attempts that have been made to remove it 'le, pride of place. Then we have the el)/ "Queen of England," together with its II both white and yellow. Next in 17 ' Ili is the deliciously white and rose-tipped GOV stately Jarden des Piantes, and Imperial to/ With respect to form, perhaps the most P e oi specimens will be found towards the centr e ° oil line—Lady Hardinge; but here again col:040i has entered the list—a new white, Mrs —seems destined to divide the palm with ll er i o, beauty. There are also some fine speciroa,, Hermine, Bscine,Beverley, Plautus, Golden 'cosij Mr Jay, Alarm, Arigena, Beaute du Nord, 0 f tine, Nonpareil, and Cyclops; whilst arn°l34 new varieties the most remarkable is a red—Cardinal Wiseman. Psyche is ° pretty flowers but petite ; Edwin La ndseer i° I,tr and finely coloured, so is Sir George Bowye f l i Rookh, Sam Slick, Sanguinea, Promethus, a., .ki perandium, Princess Alexandra, and SereP ( )IP collection is as a whole splendid, and does fi e r t e v „l / the Hon. Society and their gardener, Mr i p There is also a very fine display of floWer ° , ‘ o gr i gardens of the Middle Temple, but there thivsol; alloted to Mr Dale is very circumscribed. N:ioer standing, he has reared some beautifu l oPe w hich deserve the highest oommeadatio n • g c ° 4l The chrysanthemums will for the eneuillatifii night will be in the height of beauty, An d 0 0 ° that period, we have no doubt, they will b he sights of London. d r. ALEXANDER DUMAS, on a late occasioll) remarks the London Review (we remember the s°1;(119 ever, fully a dozen years ago I), " was a ddres ° 7o i nnoce nt provincial who had just been introdOe" fa in the following language , star in g him full in,t.ell°eo, 0 v ) ' Why, sir, surely you must be a mulatto?' ''',„r am.' Then,' continued his loquacious father, doubtless, was a negro ?" Most decide of ,o the answer. ' Then pray, sir, what wa s your gr sl ' : ssj Dumas unhesitatingly replied of the genus 911'yt my family began where, I obsert3 (maldlig t ' yours end. i